Liturgy Man: What do United Methodists say about having the U.S. flag in our worship spaces in the United States?

QUESTION: What do United Methodists say about having the US flag in our worship spaces in the United States?

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Thank you for a thoughtful stab at the issue; however, I’m afraid this is inconsistent with what is found posted in the resource pages of umcdiscipleship.org, which I have found to clearly cut through the fog of the matter:

Not inconsistent. I’ve been Director of Worship Resources since 2005. The piece you quote was written by one of my predecessors, the late Hoyt Hickman (retired 1992), and represents his personal opinion on the matter. Since I’ve been here, I’ve consistently noted the denomination has expressed no official opinion on this matter, and sought to provide a sound basis for congregations to determine their own ways forward.

The article I cite in the video links to Hoyt’s piece as one possible set of responses.

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